Universal High-level Primary Metronidazole Resistance in Helicobacter Pylori Isolated from Children in Egypt

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2004 Oct 9

PMID 15472354

Citations 21

Authors

May Sherif

Zaynab Mohran

Hanan Fathy

David M Rockabrand

Patrick J Rozmajzl

Robert W Frenck

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Abstract

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed on 48 isolates of Helicobacter pylori recovered from Egyptian children undergoing routine endoscopies. The isolates were universally highly resistant to metronidazole, but resistance to other tested antimicrobial agents was rare (4% for clarithromycin, erythromycin, and azithromycin resistance versus 2% for ciprofloxacin and ampicillin resistance). Use of metronidazole for the treatment of H. pylori in Egypt should be avoided.

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